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The shape of earth's magnetic field resembles that of an imaginary ___ magnet.

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The shape of earth's magnetic field resembles that of an imaginary bar magnet. The north pole of earth's magnet points towards geographical south pole and south pole of earth's magnet points towards geographical north pole.

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